>I say this because Randy does not have clear title (relaese) to have posted the same image to his web-site.

What are you talking about? Why doesn't Randy have the righ to post this scan on his website?

>if an image on the WWW is not marked as copyrighted, or the site (on each page) does not include a prohibition, then "borrowing" a scan is not illegal.

I don't believe that is the law. Check with an IP attorney on it though.